Vehicle having brakes



June 5, I928.

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' BENJAMIN JEROM-E'AND WALTER n. APPEL, or PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. ASSIGNORS r GENERAL Morons CORPORATION, "or nnmnorr, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or" DELAWARE.

VEHICLE HAVING BRAKES.

Application filed March 16, 1924. Serial). 698,085.

Thisinvention relates to'brakes, and is illustrated as embodied in an automobile having brakes on all four of its road wheels.

An object of the invention is to provide simple and eilicient operating connections for such brakes.v In one desirable arrange- .rnent,- the brakes on the same-side of the car are operated by links parallel to and outside of the corresponding side member of the preferably connected to the protruding endot a drivercontrolled rock shaft supported by the chassis frame.v a

The above and other objects and features lar constructions, will be apparent from the following description of one illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying draw- 2O ings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of part of an automobile chassis equipped with front and rear brakes;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of part of such a chassis;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section showing one of the front brakes, on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 4; and

I Fig. l is a section on the line l4 of Fig. 3, showing the front brake in side elevation. lhe chassis shown in the drawings in cludes a frame having side members and cross members 12, supported in any suitable manner by springs on a rear axle 1d and front axle 16. Journaled on the rear axle are wheels having brake drums 18, surrounded by bands 2.0 carried by anchors 22, one end of each band being pivotally connected to a toggle lever .24 and the other end to a link 26 pivotally connected to the toggle leven.

Each link 26 has a stop formed by adjustable locknuts 28, which in idle position engage a perforated fixed bracket 30 through which the link passes, and each link also carries an abutment 32 engaging a perforated lug on the brake band. Each link is surrounded by a spring 34 confined between bracket 30 and the log on the brake band and arranged in such a manner as to urge the brake band into its expanded or idle position. Toggle .lever 24 is connected by links 36 to an intermediate lever 38 connected by links 40 to an operating lever of the invention, including various -nove combinations of parts and desirable particu- Each front wheel. 44 is journaled on a spindle carried by a knuckle 46 swiveled by means of a king pin to one end of front axle 16, and each front wheelcarries abrake drum 48 surrounded by a brake band 50 supported b an anchor 52 on a plate 54 carried by knuckle 46. a 1

Band 50 is contracted in applying the brakes, by a toggle lever 56'pivotcd to. a lug 58 carried by oneend of the band, and by a link 60 having an adjustable abutment 62 engaging a perforated lug 64 on the other end of the hand, through which lug the link passes, The linkcarries an adjustable. stop in the form of locknuts (i6 Which determines the idle position of the band by engagement with a bracket 68 carried by plate lii and the brake band is urged away from the drum by a spring 70 surrounding link 60: and confined between lug 64 and bracket 68. The parts so far described are shown as being substantially the same as the corresponding parts of the rear brakes.

Toggle level--56 is connected by a rigid link 72 to an 'arm 74 de ending from a flexible operating shaft including a cylindrical part 76 carrying the arm 74 and journaled n a bushing 78 carried by plate 54; the arm 74.- being substantially vertical when the brakes are on. A torsion spring 80 isjconnected at opposite ends to bushing 78 and part 7 6 in such a manner as to urge the arm 74 toward idle position. The flexible oper: ating shaft also includes a sleeve member 82 connected to the part-76'bv a universal joint 84 and provided with a brake operat- -ing arm 86, the sleeve member being supon the adjacent side frame member 10. "The head is held against undesirable play by a follower 94held by a spring 96. Like the arm 74', arm 86 is substantially vertical when the brakes are on, as is also one of the axes of the'universal joint 84. The approximately vertical axis of the uni. versal' joint is arranged, however, at an acute angle with respect to the axis of thekihg pin about which knuckle 46 swivels in steeringthe vehicle. As is well known. to those familiar with brakes of the described or Peri-0t type, this results in releasing the outer brake in rounding a corner.

Each arm 86 is connected by a link 98,

preferably having a slight play or lost motion to allow for the release of the outer brake in roundinga corner, to an idler arm 100 pivoted on one of'the side frame mem- .bers 10, which idler arm is in turn connected by a link 102 to an arm 104 on one end of a rockshaft 106 supported 'by the side frame members 10. Arms 108 depending from the ends of rocksh aft 106 are connected by links 110 to the operating levers 42 of the rear wheel brakes. 'By'this' arran ement, links 98, 102, and 110 on each side 0 the car form. substantially a straight line connection from the ends of rockshaft 106 to the brakes. The links are in practice protected by the.

running board.

Rockshaft' 106 is shown as connected by a link 112 to a pedal 114' mounted on the transmission 116. An emergency brake 118 is also provided, being operated in the usual manner by a hand lever 120.

lessen the manual. effort required upon ap-,-

plication of the brake.

While this, self actuation may be, and is, desirable itshould not become so great: as to be .a source of 'danger.' The danger is more especially to be avoided in the case of the lighter front axle. Whenthe brake band engages the drum it tends to rotate bodily with the drum, its rotation being resisted by its mchor on plate 54. This tends,'obvlously o similarly rotate late54 and with it, the s cering knuckle an the whole front axle. By the position of arm 74 relative to part 76 mounted in the plate 54 and also.

relative to the brake 50, it will be seen that the tendency of plate 54 to rotate clockwise 'axle, a rotatin is equivalent to a tendency to swing arm 74 counter-clockwise and to effect a releasing action on the brake. There is thus provided aself actuating brake, but one'wherein its reaction on its anchor plate is such as to prevent or minimize the rolling action of the axle which might accompany a severebra'king application. While one illustrative embodiment of'our' invention has been described, it is not our intention to limit its scope to that embodiment, or otherwise than by the terms of the appended claims.

We claim: 1; In a brake for vehicles, a non-rotating wheel carried thereby, a drum on said w eel, a brake band engaging said drum, a rigid member anchoring said band a rock shaft journalled in' said rigid member, said rock shaft having an arm, a connection between said arm and brake, the position of said arm and connection being such as to release said band to an extent commensurate with the reaction of the wheel rotation upon the rigid member when the brake is applied. w

'2. In a brake for vehicles, an axle. a steermg knuckle, mounted thereon, a wheel carr mg a brake drum rotatable upon the spin- 1c of said knuckle, a plate rigid with said knuckle, a band engaging said drum and anchored to said plate, rotatable means journalled in said plate for applying the band to the drum, means for connecting said brake ap lying means with said brake including a orwardly and downwardly directed arm whereby when the brake is applied the re-,' aqion upon the plate and axle is such as to lessen-the intensity of brake application.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures. Y

BENJAMIN JEROME. [WALTER D. APPEL. 

